Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature

It’s about 500 metres down there, and shortly I shall be jumping off the edge…

Richard Hammond

Peering over a cliff-edge in South Africa, he announces: “It’s about 500 metres down there, and shortly I shall be jumping off the edge…” This isn’t, I should stress, because Total Wipeout’s been axed, but because he’s about to go paragliding with vultures. Why? Sorry, I’ve run out of room to explain, but it’s part of RICHARD HAMMOND’S MIRACLES OF NATURE (9pm), a series revealing what the natural world can teach scientists.